Heater for beds and feet.



Patontad Mar. 26, 190i.

E. T. KEENER. HEATER FOR BEDS AND FEET.

(Application filed my 14, 1900.

(No Model.)

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STATES EDWIN T. KEENER, OF DELAWARE, OHIO.

HEATER FOR BEDS AND FEET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,786, dated March26, 190 1.

Application filed May 14, 1900- Serial No. 16,656- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN T. KEENER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Delaware,in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Heaters for Beds and Feet, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a heater of novel form adaptedto be secured to the footboard of a bedstead or the sides, or both, andconstructed to receive the products of combustion and hot air producedby a lamp.

The invention will be described in the following specification and thendefined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved heater in position on abedstead. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal vertical section of the drum. Fig.3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illus trating a slight modification. Fig.4 is a crosssection of the drum shown in Figs. 1 and 2 on aslightly-enlarged scale. Fig. 5 isacrosssection illustrating a furthermodification. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the improved hood orfunnel which sits over the lamp. Figs. 7 and S are vertical sections offurther modifications of the heating-drum, and Fig. 9 is a detail of thedevice for operating the wickraising spindle.

The heater-drum A is provided with upper and lower ears a at each endfor securing the same to a bedstead B and has an inlet a at the bottomand an outlet 6& at the top for the hot air and gases. The inlet andoutlet are at about the center of the drum, and in the interior is ahorizontal partition or baffle A, which terminates short of the ends,causing the hot products to traverse the drum and return to the centraloutlet (L The drum is preferably oval, as shown best in Fig. 4, toproject a minimum extent from the face of the footboard, to which it isattached, and to a like end the inlet a is flattened, so as to bereadily received between any suitable bedspring frame 5 and thefootboard of the bedstead.

In connection with the heating-drum a funnel or hood 0 is employed, theupper end of the funnel having an extension or neck. 0 of a form andsize to telescope in the inlet a of the drum. The back 0 of the hood Gis flattened, as seen in Fig. 6, to lie snugly against the bedstead, andthe funnel at the front projects downwardly and outwardly, while the theback 0 extends below the said front, so that a clear space is affordedat the front, whereby the adjustment of a lamp beneath the hood isfacilitated, while the down wardlyextending back acts as a protector forthe adjacent edge portion of the bedstead. At the lower side of thefunnela sustaining-springO' is secured, the spring being formed with aninward curve and having formed on its free end a downwardly-disposedbook 0 which presses down on the top edge of a lamp-chimney D, therebyholding the lamp against displacement and sustaining the hood 0 inposition by exerting an upward pressure thereon to press the said hoodinto proper engagement with the inlet or flue a of the drum.

Th e cross-section of the drum may be round, as indicated by the letterA Fig. 5, or the drum may be formed, as in Fig. 3, of a continuous tubehaving upper and lower parallel members a of, united by vertical endmembers a, the opposing sides a a of the tubes forming, in effect, apartition, as in the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4.

Further modifications of the drum are shown in Figs.7 and 8. In Fig.7the lower and upper members a e are spaced apart, being each closed atthe top and bottom, respectively,by separated walls a. The front walls aand the flat back Wall 01 form ahalf-oval, the continuity of which isbroken at the front by the space a between the walls 0..

In Fig. 8 the drum has its top and bottom members a a separated by asingle partition (1 and the front wall a" is curved and continuous,forming, with the flat back wall a, a half-oval.

The lamp E may be controlled by a rod F, which reaches from the bed sideto the head of the connection with the wick-raising spindle. The rod Fhas a hook f, which carries a clamp H, formed of a single piece of wire,in general of U shape, the bend it of which clamp is offset to engagethe hook f.

From the bend it the wire arms h of the clamp diverge and embrace bothfaces of the head g, the ends 72 of the arms lying at the sides of thehead g. A turning of the rod F'serves to turn the head 9 to raise andlower the wick.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination with the heating-drum having ahot-airinlet, of an air funnel or hood having connection with the saidair-inlet and carrying a spring for engagement with a lampchimney, thespring being curved inward and having a hook at its free end for bearingdown on the upper edge of the chimney.

2. The combination with a heating-drum having an inlet projecting fromthe same at the bottom, the neck being flattened at the back, of afunnel the front of which projects outwardly and downwardly in the formof a hood and has a vertical neck extension at the top, and a flat backextending at the bottom below the lower end of the hood and extending atthe upper end to form a neck in connection with the vertical frontextension, the neck telescoping with the inlet of the drum.

3. The combination with a heating-drum having an inlet projecting fromthe same at /L the bottom, the neck being flattened at the back, of afunnel the front of which projects outwardly and downwardly in the formof a hood and has a vertical neck extension at the top, and a flat backextending at the bottom below the lower end of the hood and extending atthe upper end to form a neck in connection with the vertical frontextension, the

neck telescoping with the inlet of the drum and a spring carried by thelower end of the funnel and acting to bear down on a lampchimney.

4. The combination with the heater-drum having a downwardly-projectinginlet, of a funnel having an outlet fitting the inlet of the drum andprovided with a spring for engaging the lamp-chimney, the springexerting its pressure on the tunnel in an upward direction when engagingthe chimney and serving to retain the chimney and to press the funnelinto engagement with the inlet of the drum.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. v

EDWIN T. KEENER.

Witnesses:

ELMER D. SPANGLE, CHARLES H. BRUcE.

